Your sense of injustice may be completely justified. Transportation officials are now saying the yellow-light intervals at some intersections may not have been tested according to regulations for many of the cameras, leaving drivers potentially at risk of having too little time to respond.

The lights might have been timed based on the speed limit, not the actual speed of traffic on the road. That’s against the law. Officials are going back to test all the cameras, to make sure the yellow lights are timed properly.

Some studies have found that the companies contracted to maintain red-light cameras rig the settings because they get a cut of the revenue. The rest goes to the city, county and state.

So who’s complaining?

Just the little people, like you. Towns have raked in millions from red-light cameras, including your $85 fine. Mayors insist these cameras protect public safety. But for every study backing up that argument, there’s another saying they lead to more rear-end accidents. Anxious drivers slam on their brakes at the mere sight of a camera, regardless of what the light actually says.

The New Jersey Public Interest Research Group has called on towns to stop making red-light cameras a for-profit operation, saying they’re signing away power to companies that care more about profits than public safety.

We long suspected that red-light cameras were a money-grab, like the arcade claws that take your last coin but never hook a single teddy bear. Still, there’d be real satisfaction in knowing for certain.